Those who enjoy visiting Green’s Park in the summer may be excited to hear that they can also go to enjoy the fall colors there through mid-October. At the request of the Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee, the village council voted (at their Aug. 13 meeting) to extend park hours through Sunday, Oct. 14, rather […]
Scrapbook lovers may find a new home in downtown Lake Orion with the opening of Memories In Time Scrapbooking, located at 121 S. Broadway. According to owner Dianne Gladstone, the store carries scrapbook supplies, as well as rubber stamps and supplies for card making. They also offer classes, as well as ‘crop nights? where participants […]
Village residents need to mark Tuesday, Sept. 11 on their calendars, and put a visit to the polls in their ‘to-do? list for that day, as it’s the date for the village council elections. Residents will have the opportunity to elect four individuals to the council. These four seats are available as Council President William […]
The Village of Lake Orion has applied to the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) for a permit to temporarily draw down the level of Lake Orion by 36 inches. The drawdown is to allow the village to inspect the dam and to give residents around the lake the opportunity to repair their seawalls. The […]
If you have visited the Orion Public Library recently you may have noticed some familiar faces smiling down on you and promoting reading. Some may have been professional athletes, such as Tony Hawk, and others might be a little more familiar to you, like Lake Orion schools Superintendent Christine Lehman, Village Manager JoAnn Van Tassel […]
Construction on Heights Road will wait until next year, decided the Village Council at their last meeting on Aug. 13. The road, which was damaged after a water main broke last winter and is need of permanent repair, has been a topic at the last two council meetings. Two meetings ago, the council received the […]
Statewide results from the first Merit Exam were released last week. According to the Michigan Department of Education, the Merit Exam, which was mandatory for all high school juniors, replaced the Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP) used in years past. A state law dictated the change. The MME was comprised of the ACT, a national […]
School may have been out this summer, but music still filled the halls of Scripps Middle School on Thursdays. Under the organization of eighth graders Michael and Alex Roberts, members of Scripps Middle School Cadet Band meet once a week to continue practicing and playing music together. ‘We wanted to have some fun over the […]
Lakes Community Credit Union celebrated the grand opening of their new Waterford Branch on Tuesday. The new location, located at 4770 Dixie Hwy. (just south of Walton), is replacing their former branch on Perry St. in Pontiac. Lakes Community Credit Union is excited and honored to become an active part of the Waterford Community. For […]
As part of a district-wide initiative, members of Pine Tree staff have spent one day a week at the Waldon Lakes Apartments working with students in reading. According to Pine Tree Principal Diane Dunaskiss, all the elementary schools picked a neighborhood in which to host their summer reading program. Pine Tree chose Waldon Lakes. ‘Our […]